World's most Instagrammable libraries

Sure, reading is fun. But reading in a spectacular environment is a whole new experience.

Around the world, there are libraries – both old and new – that are as exciting as the books they house.

From regal reading hubs in Europe to a colourful new spot in Sydney, click through to discover the world's most impressive libraries.

2 of 10Attribution: Green Square Library

Green Square Library, Alexandria

The newly opened Green Square Library at Mascot, NSW, hasn't even officially opened yet and it's already become a worldwide Instagram sensation. Not only does the library house adorable reading nooks within the bookshelves, but it even has its own impressive rainbow book wall, made for the 'gram. Even the city's major, Clover Moore, has taken to Instagram to gush over the visual elements. "As well as being home to 40,000 books, computer labs, free wifi and a subterranean garden, there are two fabulous new artworks, Cloud Nation (inside the library) and High Water (in the plaza)."

3 of 10Attribution: George Peabody Library

George Peabody Library, Baltimore

The Peabody Stack Room’s five-tier soaring atrium with its wrought-iron balconies and columns is so graceful that its become a hotspot for weddings.

4 of 10Attribution: Emmanuel College Library

Emmanuel College Library, Toronto

Toronto's impressive Emmanuel College Library looks like something straight out of a scene from Harry Potter.

5 of 10Attribution: Stuttgart City Library

The Stadtbibliothek, Stuttgart

From the outside, Stuttgart's city library looks like a monolithic cube, but once you step inside you're met with a dramatic all-white five-story reading room. Patrons are even welcome to settle in with a book until late as part of the "Library for Insomniacs" program.

6 of 10Attribution: Mortlock Wing State Library

Mortlock Wing State Library, Adelaide

This impressive two-storey library opened in 1884, but at the time those who visited felt that it lacked a timepiece. Soon a regal Dent and Sons clock was installed at the end of the reading room, where it still stands today.

7 of 10Attribution: Royal Portuguese Reading Room

Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro

This cathedral-like room houses the world's largest collection of Portuguese literature outside of the motherland and boasts sculptures of Portuguese explorers like Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, and Pedro Álvares Cabral.

8 of 10Attribution: Musashino Art University Museum and Library

Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo

If you think this is a library with no books, think again. The entire scaffold at Tokyo's Musashino Art University Museum and Library is made entirely of wooden bookshelves, with a glass exterior.

9 of 10Attribution: Coimbra Library

Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra

The ornate Biblioteca Joanina located within the University of Coimbra is a baroque fantasy with intricate gold gilded arches and exquisite paintings. Despite its magical appearance, this library has a dark past with its own prison where rogue scholars and students were once confined.

10 of 10Attribution: Clementinum

Clementinum, Prague

With its spectacular gilded globes and frescoes depicting science and art, the baroque Library Hall in Prague is easily one of the most impressive reading spots in the world.